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# Select the object you want to change in the [[tree_view|tree view]]. The selected object becomes {{ColoredText|| |
# Select the object you want to change in the [[tree_view|tree view]]. The selected object becomes {{ColoredText|rgb(102, 255, 102)|rgb(8, 8, 8)| green}} in drawing window. {{Version|0.19}} |
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# Press the {{Button|[[Image:Draft_Edit.svg|16px]] [[Draft_Edit|Draft Edit]]}} button, or double-click the object in the [[Tree_view|tree view]], or Select the {{MenuCommand|Edit → [[Image:Std_Edit.svg|16px]] Toggle Edit mode}} option from the menu. The selected object becomes black with white vertices and in the |
# Press the {{Button|[[Image:Draft_Edit.svg|16px]] [[Draft_Edit|Draft Edit]]}} button, or double-click the object in the [[Tree_view|tree view]], or Select the {{MenuCommand|Edit → [[Image:Std_Edit.svg|16px]] Toggle Edit mode}} option from the menu. The selected object becomes {{ColoredText|rgb(8, 8, 8)|rgb(255, 255, 255)| black}} with {{Value|white}} vertices and in the [[combo_view|Combo View]] panel an edit window is opened. |
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# Then press {{Button|Ctrl}} + {{Button|alt}} or {{Button|Shift}} + {{Button|alt}} buttons (for Linux OS) respectively {{Button|alt}} button (for Windows OS) and move mouse cursor |
# Then press {{Button|Ctrl}} + {{Button|alt}} or {{Button|Shift}} + {{Button|alt}} buttons (for Linux OS) respectively {{Button|alt}} button (for Windows OS) and move mouse cursor |
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##* '''over a line''', then {{Button|Left click}} and the appearing white field shows {{Value|add point}}. If you click on that field a new vertex is added to the line. If you release buttons and push {{Button|esc}} the command will be canceled. |
##* '''over a line''', then {{Button|Left click}} and the appearing white field shows {{Value|add point}}. If you click on that field a new vertex is added to the line. If you release buttons and push {{Button|esc}} the command will be canceled. |
Revision as of 08:55, 4 April 2021
Draft Edit |
Menu location |
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Modification → Edit |
Workbenches |
Draft, Arch |
Default shortcut |
D E |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
Std Edit, Draft AddPoint, Draft DelPoint |
Description
The Draft Edit tool allows you to graphically edit certain properties of the selected object, such as:
- the vertices of a Draft Wire
- the length and width of a Draft Rectangle
- the radius of a Draft Circle
It does nothing more than enter the object's edit mode. Another way to edit the object is by double clicking on the element in the tree view.
Example presentation of a wire, an arc and a cubic bezier curve.
Here wire selected
Here selected wire marked for editing
Usage
- Select the object you want to change in the tree view. The selected object becomes green in drawing window. introduced in version 0.19
- Press the Draft Edit button, or double-click the object in the tree view, or Select the Edit → Toggle Edit mode option from the menu. The selected object becomes black with
white
vertices and in the Combo View panel an edit window is opened. - Then press Ctrl + alt or Shift + alt buttons (for Linux OS) respectively alt button (for Windows OS) and move mouse cursor
- over a line, then Left click and the appearing white field shows
add point
. If you click on that field a new vertex is added to the line. If you release buttons and push esc the command will be canceled. - over a vertex, then Left click and the appearing white field shows
delete point
. If you click on that field the vertex is removed from the line. If you release buttons and push esc the command will be canceled.
- over a line, then Left click and the appearing white field shows
- Press Esc or the Close (O) button in the task panel to complete the current command.
Version 0.19 added new functionalities to Draft Edit such as multiple object editing and custom context menu. To display the context menu, user can press E key or Alt+Left click while overing an edit node or an edited object. Beware not every object contains custom options, so the context menu will be only displayed for supported objects.
The tool mostly ?? works on Draft objects: Draft Wires, Draft Lines, Draft Rectangles, Draft Circles, Draft Arcs, Draft Polygons, and Draft BSplines. Other object types must first be converted to these objects.
Options
- Press X, Y or Z after a point to constrain the next point on the given axis.
- To enter coordinates manually, simply enter the numbers, then press Enter between each X, Y and Z component. You can press the add point button when you have the desired values to insert the point.
- Hold Ctrl while drawing to force snapping your point to the nearest snap location, independently of the distance.
- Hold Shift while drawing to constrain your next point horizontally or vertically in relation to the last one.
- Press Esc or the Close button or the Draft Edit button again to finish editing.
Some objects allow you to insert or delete points:
- Press the add point button, and then click on the wire or spline to add a new point.
- Press the remove point button, and then click on a point along the wire or spline to remove it.
Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.
There is no programming interface available for the Edit tool. Each object is modified by changing its attributes directly.
- Drafting: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Ellipse, Rectangle, Polygon, B-spline, Cubic Bézier curve, Bézier curve, Point, Facebinder, ShapeString, Hatch
- Annotation: Text, Dimension, Label, Annotation styles, Annotation scale
- Modification: Move, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Offset, Trimex, Stretch, Clone, Array, Polar array, Circular array, Path array, Path link array, Point array, Point link array, Edit, Subelement highlight, Join, Split, Upgrade, Downgrade, Wire to B-spline, Draft to sketch, Set slope, Flip dimension, Shape 2D view
- Draft Tray: Select plane, Set style, Toggle construction mode, AutoGroup
- Snapping: Snap lock, Snap endpoint, Snap midpoint, Snap center, Snap angle, Snap intersection, Snap perpendicular, Snap extension, Snap parallel, Snap special, Snap near, Snap ortho, Snap grid, Snap working plane, Snap dimensions, Toggle grid
- Miscellaneous: Apply current style, Layer, Manage layers, Add a new named group, Move to group, Select group, Add to construction group, Toggle normal/wireframe display, Create working plane proxy, Heal, Show snap toolbar
- Additional: Constraining, Pattern, Preferences, Import Export Preferences, DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT
- Context menu:
- Layer container: Merge layer duplicates, Add new layer
- Layer: Activate this layer, Select layer contents
- Text: Open hyperlinks
- Wire: Flatten
- Working plane proxy: Write camera position, Write objects state
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
- Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate
- Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
- Workbenches: Std Base, Arch, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub